At SPACEHAB, in Titusville, Fla., STS-101 crew members take part in a
Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT). Here checking out the SPACEHAB
Logistics Double Module are (left) Mission Specialists Mary Ellen
Weber (Ph.D.), and (right) Edward Tsang Lu (Ph.D.). Other members of
the crew taking part in the CEIT are Commander James Donald Halsell
Jr., Pilot Scott J. "Doc" Horowitz (Ph.D.), and Mission Specialists
Jeffrey N. Williams, and Yuri Malenchenko and Boris W. Morukov, who
are with the Russian Space Agency. The primary objective of the
STS-101 mission is to complete the initial outfitting of the
International Space Station, making it fully ready for the first
long-term crew. The seven-member crew will transfer almost two tons of
equipment and supplies from SPACEHAB. Additionally, they will unpack a
shipment of supplies delivered earlier by a Russian Progress space tug
and begin outfitting the newly arrived Zvezda Service Module. Three
astronauts will perform two space walks to transfer and install parts
of the Russian Strela cargo boom that are attached to SPACEHAB's
Integrated Cargo Container, connect utility cables between Zarya and
Zvezda, and install a magnetometer/pole assembly on the Service
Module. Additional activities for the STS-101 astronauts include
working with the Space Experiment Module (SEM-06) and the Mission to
America's Remarkable Schools (MARS), two educational
initiatives. STS-101 is scheduled for launch no earlier than March 16,
2000.
(Photo Release Date: 12/10/1999
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